All 3 Uses of
inscrutable
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- How inscrutable are the ways of providence—for what great and mysterious purpose has it pleased heaven to abase the man once so elevated, and raise up him who was so abased?†
Chpt 15-16 *
- Franz did not doubt that these plans were the same concerning which the count had dropped a few words in the grotto of Monte Cristo, and while the Count was speaking the young man watched him closely, hoping to read something of his purpose in his face, but his countenance was inscrutable especially when, as in the present case, it was veiled in a sphinx-like smile.†
Chpt 37-38
- Bertuccio hid his face in his hands as he uttered these words, while Monte Cristo fixed on him a look of inscrutable meaning.†
Chpt 45-46
Definition:
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(inscrutable) impossible to understand -- often when finding a person's facial expression or comments mysterious